Goodison Park is a happier place after the arrival of Marco Silva who wants his side to offer a more attacking threat this season It was one home win, nothing more, but Goodison Park embraced the immediate signs of change under Marco Silva last weekend. None were more welcome than the new Everton...

This weekend’s fixtures are as much about the past as the present and Huddersfield against Cardiff is the most evocative of the lot The haiku is generally considered the shortest form of poem in the world. Related: Sergio Agüero embraces defending to erase Pep Guardiola’s doubts | Jonathan Wilson...

Mark Hughes has urged his side to start strongly against Leicester after first-half struggles against Burnley and Everton. The winger Mohamed Elyounoussi is battling to overcome a hamstring problem, while fellow arrivals Stuart Armstrong and Jannik Vestergaard are fit again. Jamie Vardy is suspen...

• Mina and Gomes arrived from Barcelona with injuries • Yannick Bolasie likely to leave on loan, as has Mohamed Besic Everton’s deadline-day signings Yerry Mina and André Gomes will not be fit to make their debuts for at least three weeks, Marco Silva has confirmed. Gomes was not expected to feat...

• Winger to link up with ex-manager Tony Pulis • Championship leaders also keen on Mo Besic and Matt Targett Everton’s Yannick Bolasie is close to joining the Championship leaders, Middlesbrough, on a season-long loan and could soon be followed by his Goodison Park teammate Mo Besic. Bolasie trav...

Burnley already suffering effects of Europe, the flipside to N’Golo Kanté’s new role and Wolves’s strikers struggling to match team’s midfield talent Brighton upstaged Manchester United, but that they did so without the help of any of their headline summer signings (Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Yves Biss...

It was not victory that distinguished the first home game of Marco Silva’s Everton reign from what had preceded it but the entertainment and enjoyment that accompanied a hard-fought win over Southampton. Goodison Park endured a tense, nervous finale but this was an absorbing first win for Silva a...